For protecting property interests of the state the Proisecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Armenia examined those building sites of Kentron administrative district of the city of Yerevan, which were fanced off for a long time and include land plots belonging to the community, among them streets and pavements.

Pursuant to decision №286 of the Goverment dated April 12, 2001 and decision № 405-N of the Council  of Elders of Yerevan city dated March 16, 2012 the land plot adjacent to the building site and included therein shall be leased to the developer. The developer must restore the pavement according to the order of the Mayor of Yerevan city and within the defined reasonable terms. 

It was found out by the examination of the Prosecutor General’s Office that there are a number of territories in Knetron administrative district, where land plots belonging to the state or community were volontality included by the developers in the building sites. Those developers and the Mayor of the city of Yerevan failed to conclude any agreement regarding those land plots and the fact that those land plots were involved in the building sites for a long time created serious problems for the movement of citizens and vehicles.

Based on the proposal of the Prosecutor General’s Office the Urban Development, Technical and Fire Safety Inspectorate carried out examination and it was found out that:

• A land plot with the surface of 273.8 square meters and a territory with the surface of 49.9 from Arami street was included in the building site located behind “Childrens’ world” department store at Arami street and a land plot belonging to the community with the surface of 84.9 square meters located in front of the building site was digged.

• Land plots with the surface of 139.8 square meters belonging to the community were included in the building site located near the intersenction of Abovyan and Arami streets.

• Land plots with the surface of 23.3 square meters of common use were included in the building site located near the intersenction of Teryan and Arami streets.

• The fance of the building site located in front of “Moscow” cinema is placed on the land plot with the surface of 212 square meters belonging to the community and the crossing section of the building site was placed on the territory of the street of common use with the surface of 98.8 square meters. The fance of the building site adgacenet to the “Moskva” cinema is placed on the land plot with the surface of 502.4 square meters belonging to the community.

The examination revealed also pits, digged with violation of law, without necessary documentation.

The Prosecutor General’s Office submitted a written motion to the Mayor of Yerevan for the purpose of undertaking measures to reduce the impact of construction works on the environment of the city, to eliminate the illegal restrictions of the movement of citizens and vehicles, to restore community owned land plots occupied by developers, as well as to ensure proper fulfillment of the requirements of order № 286 of the Government dated April 12, 2001.